Some exciting news to kick off your September! This month, I am in charge of curating the NOVLbox! You know what that means? It means you're going to win some INCREDIBLE books and goodies (are you scared? Intrigued? I hope so!). All you have to do to enter is head over to the NOVL website! Simple as that.

Huge thank you to each and every one of you that entered The Creeper Man pre-order giveaway! The winners of the three prize packs are below, but don't forget: Everyone who entered will receive a necklace! <3

Well, The Creeper Man is here. A big, huge, amazing THANK YOU to all of you that entered the pre-order giveaway! I will be getting in touch with every single one of you in the next weeks to let you know what is going to happen next, what you'll be getting and WHO the lucky three winners are!!

I am beyond excited for that!

In other news: my second book is out. In the world. Right now. You can buy it. You can hold it. You can read it and hug it and do whatever you like to it.

It's yours now.

I let go of this little book with a little bit of sadness and a little bit of thanks. And, as is fitting, here is my open letter to The Creeper Man:

Dear Little Book.

You know, you were a little ass sometimes. You fought me. You cried at me, and I cried right back. You tested my faith in myself, you little dick. You pushed me past the limits I had, and you showed me that I am much more elastic than I gave myself credit for. So... thank you. No, I mean it. Thank you. I really do love you, and I'm letting you go into the world, fully grown, and... I'm proud of you. Really. I am.

Now go out there and kick some ass. You belong to them now.

Love, your ever neurotic mother.

This little book is tours now. Please buy it, read it, and review it to help a mother author suffering with empty nest syndrome.

When I opened my email the other day, and saw one from my publisher with the title: "And the STAR crept in!" I knew something was up...

Turns out, it was my first ever starred review from the School Library Journal! I am overwhelmed and happy and all the other words my brain can't find right now.

This is what SLJ had to say:

School Library Journal: June 1, 2016

And the Trees Crept In

By Dawn Kurtagich

September/ Ages 15 & Up/ $17.99

ISBN: 978-0-316-29870-4

When Silla and her younger sister Nori arrive on the doorstep of their estranged aunt’s crumbling manor, they are cold, injured, and on the run from someone awful. Things start sliding into macabre territory right away, and within a few years Aunt Cath has gone mad and locked herself in the attic permanently. The two sisters and their mysterious friend (who has appeared from the forest) are trapped on the property with little food and a giant fear of both the Slender Man–type figure who may live in the woods, and the trees themselves, which appear to be closing in on them.Silla’s dreamlike and unreliable narration works hand in hand with a host of unanswered (and unasked) questions to prime readers for a twist ending, which savvy consumers of horror will figure out. There’s a bit of a romance, and the novel ends on an emotional exploration of the traumas that led to this nightmare. Kurtagich’s horror imagery is satisfying and affecting—her descriptions of the day-to-day decay the girls face are as rich and scary as the monstrous man who scuttles around on all fours and the teeming mud pits that are waiting in the woods. VERDICTA great next read for teens who enjoy being scared; purchase where horror is popular.

Hello my happy bananas! Wow, has this been an amazing month (June, that is!). But today is the first of July, and I have been waiting SO LONG to share the below with you. My amazing publishers (Orion/Indigo) and I are hosting a MASSIVE pre-order campaign with loads of prizes! Interested? I hope so! Check out the details below!

This is the biggest giveaway I've ever been a part of! I'm very excited! I hope you guys'll share the giveaway on twitter and Facebook and spread the word!

Welp, the cat's out of the bag, and I can finally share this cool news! Yes, happy bananas, The Dead House has a TV deal! I'm beyond thrilled and excited to be working with Lime Pictures. As with everything in this world, nothing is guaranteed, and just to have this amazing production company want to make my little book into a TV series is huge. I'm dancing on air!

I've known about the deal for a little while now, and I even got to take a tour of the Lime Studios where Hollyoaks, The Only Way is Essex and the old series Grange Hill was filmed. It was amazing. Here are some snaps: